Someone had to say it. For decades Taiwan has played coy, not wanting to anger its larger neighbor who’s got missiles pointed its way and often war-games invasions. It feels like CNs actions in HK and XJ are laying bare any pretensions, so Taiwan is hoping the West will come to its aid if the day comes. Previous admins have been hesitant to upset commerce, one hopes we don’t have to find out if the current admin has the appetite to engage. But who knows how bent they are on annexing the “renegade province”.
At least they're not networked. The potential threat model seems a lot easier to manage.
still, to be handing over money to a chinese govt owned and subsidized company at the cost of our own perfectly capable industry who can't compete with their subsidies is just foolish.